Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks was a Native American activist, teacher, and author. He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 to represent urban Indians. He was a pre-eminent spokesman for Native Americans. His protests won government concessions and created national attention and sympathy for the oppression and deplorable endemic social and economic conditions for Native Americans.

12 April 1937

Born on the same birth date (12 April 1937): Igor Volk

Born on the same birth day (12 April): Brad Miller (basketball) • David Letterman • Evelyn Berezin • Felice Giardini • Ida Pollock • Jimmy Makulis • Jonathan Pitroipa • Leonid Derbenyov • Louis Beel • Pedro Cachín • Pythagoras Papastamatiou • Valentin Stocker

Born in the same month (April 1937): Andrzej Schinzel • Arie Selinger • Barry Shepherd • Bob Luman • David Mills (cricketer) • Dick Radatz • George Takei • Igor Volk • Jan Kaplický • Jean Redpath • Jiří Dienstbier • Jordan Charney • Merle Haggard • Richard Perham • Tom Veivers • Valerie Singleton